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All positions are located in Washington, DC unless otherwise noted.

Director of Operations

Signal Group is seeking a Director of Operations to join our Operations team, that will oversee complex processes and motivates Signal’s Operations. The Director reports to the Management Committee, in particular the Committee member assigned to oversee operations.

GENERAL FUNCTION

The Director of Operations (DIRECTOR) oversees the complex processes and motivates Signal’s Operations team. The DIRECTOR reports to the Management Committee, in particular the Committee member assigned to oversee operations. The DIRECTOR has direct oversight and management in the following areas:

Management of the Contract Review Process in coordination with Counsel
Office Management
Staff Training and Operational Compliance (e.g. Lobbyist Disclosure Act, Foreign Agent Registration Act)
HR Support (including employee on-boarding and departures, staff reviews, leave tracking)
Intern Program
Administrative Duties (i.e. file management, subscriptions, handbooks)
Events and Logistics
Operational Support of Practice Units and Operational Units (Finance, Technology)
Oversight of operational unit budget
Oversight of the Conflict Review Process

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, with other duties upon request:

Operations Leadership

Establish goals and a plan for overall operational performance that achieve tangible results for corporate operations and in support of business units.
Develop a strong, operational partnership with Management Committee, executives, direct reports, staff, and external partners; and
Translate the organizational strategy into concrete operational implementation.

Operational Excellence

Drive business operations by assessing risks, noting opportunities for expansion/change, setting overall goals and metrics, and proposing projects or systems to enhance efficiency.
Ensure that Signal has business operations systems and practices that are fit for purpose and operate with maximum integrity and efficiency.
Drive operational excellence and a top-tier internal and external customer service mindset across all business functions.
Build alignment and consensus within the team around organizational goals and change management.
Encourage next level leadership by leading through example and mentoring employees, assigning accountabilities, setting objectives, establishing priorities, and monitoring and evaluating results; and

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The DIRECTOR supervises operations team members, including part-time and contracted services. The DIRECTOR carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; managing, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proven record of team building and leadership, with strong presence to engender confidence;
Outstanding communication skills and emotional literacy;
Superb discretion and ability to manage sensitive information;
Flexibility and willingness to respond to issues during and outside of core business hours to meet the needs of the company and its clients;
Ability to manage with flexibility and poise in a dynamic, multicultural environment;
Demonstrated openness to feedback;
Track record of structuring clear goals and operational plans and reaching those goals, with an emphasis on impact;
Ability to consistent exercise sound judgement and solve complex problems through a combination of analysis, wisdom, judgement, and experience;
Excellent organization, project management and attention to detail;
Collaborative and service-oriented mindset;
Skilled at presenting information in a clear, confident fashion to a range of constituents with varying levels of expertise; and
Demonstrated authenticity, honesty, and integrity.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must be able to lift up to 15 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include normal color perception and close vision for use of computer terminal and reading printed and electronic materials. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to the risk of radiation from regular exposure to computer VDTs.

Expected office hours are generally Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

About Signal:

Signal Group is a leader in modern public affairs. We deliver strategies and solutions driven by strategic advocacy, communications, and digital programs. Advising clients across the globe, including industry-leading companies, CEOs, governments, and non-profits, Signal offers tailored strategies for solving high-stakes challenges. We are a unique collection of top practitioners from our fields focused on delivering transformative outcomes for our client partners. We believe in supporting the growth of our team in a collaborative environment with opportunities for advancement.

Signal’s office is now open, and employees may work remotely; however, this position is based in the Washington, D.C. area.

We believe in supporting our team and offer a generous salary and benefits package. This position salary starts at $80,000 and the salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits and perks include:

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, and membership to OneMedical
Time off including generous vacation, holidays, sick time, and winter holiday closure
Paid parental leave and bereavement leave
401(k) with an employer contribution
Annual bonus opportunity and commission for business generation
Company cell phone or stipend for cellular service
Public transportation benefits
Free lunch Thursday (FLT), birthday donations to a charity of your choice, and more.

Employees are required to be up to date with COVID-19 vaccination. We will consider requests for reasonable accommodation to receive the COVID-19 vaccination based on medical need or for religious reasons.

Signal Group is an equal opportunity employer and is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion. Signal does not discriminate in hiring, or in any other respect, on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, personal appearance, political affiliation, marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation, disability, status as a veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Apply:

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Director of Operations” in the subject line.

Senior Associate, Public Affairs

Signal Group is seeking a Senior Associate to join our public affairs team to provide advocacy and communications support for our clients in renewable energy, public lands, conservation, climate change, and sustainability. We’re looking for an experienced, energetic self-starter who loves organizing projects, is a stickler for details and deadlines and is looking to grow professionally.

Signal Group is seeking an Senior Associate to join our public affairs team to provide advocacy and communications support for our clients in renewable energy, public lands, conservation, climate change, and sustainability. We’re looking for an experienced, energetic self-starter who loves organizing projects, is a stickler for details and deadlines and is looking to grow professionally.

The Model Candidate

You are a bright, engaging self-starter who is eager to learn
You thrive on collaborating with others
An organized self-starter with strong attention to detail
Good with prioritizing and managing multiple projects and duties
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Strong interpersonal and proactive problem-solving skills
Tenacious about deadlines and meeting milestones
Thrives in a fast-paced environment and can move quickly to initiate and complete projects

*We strongly encourage individuals who are under-represented in the public affairs, lobbying, and communications industries to apply.

Responsibilities

Draft internal and external communications documents including memoranda, correspondence, op-ed pieces, talking points, and position letters
Manage large lists of client policy priorities with daily and weekly updates
Tracking and strategic prioritization of client team projects and activities
Create weekly reports summarizing legislative updates and recent client activity
Leverage key relationships on Capitol Hill to advance client policy agendas
Secure and participate in meetings with clients and other key stakeholders
Track, report, and research legislative activity including providing key federal updates
Attend meetings and events on and off Capitol Hill
Understand and effectively communicate the services that we promote through business development opportunities
Prepare business development materials and pitch proposals
Participate in the selection and management of the spring, summer, and fall interns
Interface directly with clients remotely and in-person
Perform other responsibilities as necessary

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years of experience in an advocacy or communications firm and/or on Capitol Hill
Understanding of legislative process

Signal is currently working remotely; however, this position is based in the Washington, DC area.

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Public Affairs Senior Associate” in the subject line.

Executive Vice President, Communications

Signal is in search of an entrepreneurial, transformative, communications leader with expertise in corporate communications, public affairs, and crisis management to lead existing clients in international trade and grow new business

As an Executive Vice President, you will be an integral part of our collaborative team. You will grow and manage Signal’s business, strengthening our brand as a modern public affairs leader.

Responsibilities of the EVP:

Grow: Identity, cultivate and close new clients to add to our roster.
Manage: Serve as a counselor and advisor to clients and lead a team to ensure delivery of quality work that advances client priorities.
Expand: Signal’s expertise and issue area concentrations.
Excel: Oversee seamless delivery of the work product and campaigns through effective planning, coordination, communication, and staffing.
Partner: With our advocacy business and parent company, Wiley, to generate growth through both organic and new pursuit:
- Serve as the first point of contact for relevant new business pursuits, partnering with relevant executives or appointed lead.
- Serve as a senior advisor role in all large-scale new business pursuits.

Qualifications:

Fifteen plus years of experience in communications, or an integrated agency with at least five in an organization leadership role with team leadership experience.
Proven track record of pitches won, bringing in new clients and revenue network.
Inspiring team leader who is collaborative, energized and excited about the team’s growth and success.
Maintain gold-standard client relationships with complex global companies and brands across industries.
A visionary who knows how to demonstrate the value of integrated communications to our clients as well as internal stakeholders.
Unmatched energy and competitive spirit, a timeless desire to win.

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Executive Vice President, Communications” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

Senior Manager, Energy Communications

Signal is seeking a communications senior manager with razor-sharp communications skills, an inherent sense of curiosity and a bold, creative mind to serve our public relations and communications work in energy and sustainability.

This role will lead the development, implementation, and execution of communication strategies and materials, conduct routine senior-level client contact, interact with journalists in a variety of U.S. and international markets, support clients’ conference planning, and track project progress and deadlines.

The Model Candidate:

You are a bright, engaging self-starter who thrives on collaborating with others
You’re not waiting for direction, but rather seeking solutions before being asked or prompted
Can flawlessly execute the day-to-day work while seeking out opportunities to contribute and grow professionally
Have an impeccable understanding of AP style, are detail-oriented, diligent with each task, and can work on multiple initiatives under strict deadlines

Qualifications:

Strong media relations skills: pitching experience, booking and staffing interviews, developing prep materials, reporter relationships a bonus
Sharp writing and editing skills: the ability to write for different audiences/client voices, experience writing social media content and press materials, ability to translate complex policy into sharp messaging
Strategic planning and project management: developing rollout plans, project timelines, and tracking deliverables
Passion, experience, and/or interest in energy and environmental issues
Have 5+ years of PR agency, in-house, or government communications experience
Understanding of energy and sustainability a plus

About Signal:

Signal’s office is now open, and employees may work remotely; however, this position is based in the Washington, D.C. area.

We believe in supporting our team and offer a generous salary and benefits package. This position starts at $90,000 and the salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits and perks include:

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, and membership to OneMedical
Time off including generous vacation, holidays, sick time, and winter holiday closure
Paid parental leave and bereavement leave
401(k) with an employer contribution
Annual bonus opportunity and commission for business generation
Company cell phone or stipend for cellular service
Public transportation benefits
Free lunch Thursday (FLT), birthday donations to a charity of your choice, and more.

Apply:

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Communications Senior Manager” in the subject line.

Senior Manager, Health Communications

The Model Candidate:

You are a bright, engaging self-starter who thrives on collaborating with others
You’re not waiting for direction, but rather seeking for solutions before being asked or prompted
Can flawlessly execute the day-to-day work while seeking out opportunities to contribute and grow professionally
Have an impeccable understanding of AP style, are detail-oriented, diligent with each task and can work on multiple initiatives under strict deadlines

Qualifications:

An impeccable writer and editor, able to translate complex topics into multiple formats
Use research to form insights for client programs and growth opportunities
Are technology savvy with an understanding of social media, the Microsoft suite and additional tools for the field such as Meltwater, Google Analytics and TV Eyes
Experience with pitching and reporter engagement
Have 5+ years of PR agency, in-house, or government communications experience
Understanding of public health a plus

About Signal:

Signal’s office is now open, and employees may work remotely; however, this position is based in the Washington, D.C. area.

We believe in supporting our team and offer a generous salary and benefits package. This position starts at $75,000 and the salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits and perks include:

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, and membership to OneMedical
Time off including generous vacation, holidays, sick time, and winter holiday closure
Paid parental leave and bereavement leave
401(k) with an employer contribution
Annual bonus opportunity and commission for business generation
Company cell phone or stipend for cellular service
Public transportation benefits
Free lunch Thursday (FLT), birthday donations to a charity of your choice, and more.

Apply:

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Communications Senior Manager” in the subject line.

Associate, Energy and Sustainability Communications

Signal Group is seeking a communications associate with public relations skills, a desire to grow, and a creative mind to support our clients in renewable energy and sustainability.

Signal Group is seeking a communications associate with public relations skills, a desire to grow, and a creative mind to support our clients in renewable energy and sustainability.

We are in search of an associate that will conduct regular interaction with journalists in a variety of markets and routine client contact, excel at research, analysis, and writing, develop materials to support campaigns across multiple channels, and track project metrics and progress.

The Model Candidate:

You are a bright, engaging self-starter who thrives on collaborating with others
You’re not waiting for direction, but rather seeking for solutions before being asked or prompted
Consistently seek new learning experiences as part of knowledge building
Can flawlessly execute the day-to-day work while seeking out opportunities to contribute and grow professionally
Have an impeccable understanding of AP style, are detail-oriented, diligent with each task and can work on multiple initiatives under strict deadlines

Qualifications:

1+ years of PR agency, in-house, or government communications experience
Have strong oral and written communication skills, particularly under deadline pressure
Use research to form insights for client programs and growth opportunities
Are technology savvy with an understanding of social media, the Microsoft suite and additional tools for the field such as Meltwater, Google Analytics and TV Eyes
Experience with pitching, reporter engagement, and media monitoring
Experience developing social media content and press materials

About Signal:

Signal’s office is now open, and employees may work remotely; however, this position is based in the Washington, D.C. area.

We believe in supporting our team and offer a generous salary and benefits package. This position starts at $45,000 and the salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits and perks include:

Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, and membership to OneMedical
Time off including generous vacation, holidays, sick time, and winter holiday closure
Paid parental leave and bereavement leave
401(k) with an employer contribution
Annual bonus opportunity and commission for business generation
Company cell phone or stipend for cellular service
Public transportation benefits
Free lunch Thursday (FLT), birthday donations to a charity of your choice, and more.

Apply:

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Communications Associate” in the subject line.

Lead Digital Marketing Analyst

Signal Group is seeking a Digital Marketing Analyst to join as a key member of the campaign team in serving internal and external clients. The Analyst takes a leading role in building and improving public affairs campaigns across multiple channels, as well as developing new tools and insights using a wide variety of data and analytic tools, including Signal’s proprietary data platform.

The Lead Digital Marketing Analyst is a key member of the campaign team in serving internal and external clients. The Analyst takes a leading role in building and improving public affairs campaigns across multiple channels, as well as developing new tools and insights using a wide variety of data and analytic tools, including Signal’s proprietary data platform. The Analyst will work with executives to build smart audience targeting packages, manage campaign and channel optimization, regularly produce insights to improve campaigns, and steward the growth of Signal’s data tools. We are an exciting, growing, and fun team that works with industry- leading analytics tools, techniques, and best practices. In addition, Signal has invested in building out its own custom trackers, analytics tools and analytics platforms that are suited to focused public affairs work. As Analyst, you will dive deep into our digital data and campaigns to uncover actionable insights and make recommendations that will influence our campaigns, client engagement and overall strategic direction. This position works alongside internal public affairs executives, the digital campaign managers, our data science partners and clients to deliver business results and improve our ability to increase our impact and success.

What you’ll bring

2+ years of experience in generating and presenting insights from marketing/product data
Strong SQL skills to perform data segmentation and aggregation from scratch; experience working with granular web clickstream data is needed.
General experience in digital marketing and/or social media analytics (i.e. report generation, marketing campaign analysis, web analytics, AB testing, email performance, social media measurement, content testing, etc.).
Familiarity with programming languages and stats packages (i.e. Python, R)
Familiarity with data visualization tools Tableau, Excel, and Datawrapper.
Excellent knowledge of web analytics (such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager) and domain expertise in subjects such as experimental design and Multivariate/A-B testing.
Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence decision makers and build consensus with teams.
Undergrad Degree in a quantitative field.

How you will lead

As a subject matter expert on marketing analytics for Paid Search, Organic Search, Display, and Social channels, develop actionable insights and recommendations to support and guide campaign decisions.
Provide the leadership team with insights regarding marketing campaign effectiveness and develop data structures, pipelines, and data visualizations that enable them to find insights.
Lead the growth and development of Signal’s data platforms and tools by working with our developers and data science partners in the evolution of our platform, tools and visualizations.
Leverage data to understand our public affairs campaigns and goals in depth, proactively identify areas of opportunity, and suggest projects to improve our campaigns and client engagements.
Work closely with our campaign and content teams to design and execute digital experiences and engagement experiments through A/B testing.
Manage and produce reports and insights from our social monitoring platforms (i.e. Meltwater)
Lead increased automation to scale current and future processes
Communicate analytical findings and recommendations concisely to non-technical audiences, both in oral and written presentations

Tell us what you’d bring to the Signal team. Email your resume and cover letter to careers@signaldc.com with “Lead Digital Marketing Analyst” in the subject line. Please cite the source of this listing.

Equal employment opportunity is an important and integral part of Signal Group’s philosophy and policy. Signal is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, disability, age, citizen status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Signal employees are at will employees.

Intern

Our paid internship program provides unparalleled professional development for individuals eager to add value to our team.

Internships

Signal is in the market for driven individuals ready to make an impact. Our internship program provides unparalleled professional development for individuals eager to add value to our team. In return, you’ll be thrust into a lively and engaging environment that will challenge and excite you. Oh, and did we mention free lunch Fridays? Signal prides itself on launching the careers of young professionals and has a long history of hiring interns as full-time members of the team. We host paid advocacy and communications internships over three sessions each year:

Spring (January – May)
Summer (June – August)
Fall (September – December)

All Signal intern positions are full-time Monday through Friday, 9am-6pm. For advocacy positions, those with a political science and/or business backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Capitol Hill experience and knowledge of the legislative process is a plus. For communications positions, the ideal candidate aspires to pursue a career in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, or public affairs. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required. To apply, please e-mail a resume and cover letter to ewinchatz@signaldc.com. Please indicate which internship session you are interested in.